"The Pied Piper" | ||||
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Single by Crispian St. Peters | ||||
from the album Follow Me... | ||||
B-side | "Sweet Dawn My True Love" | |||
Released | March 8, 1966 | |||
Genre | Pop Rock | |||
Length | 2:30 | |||
Label |
Decca 12359 (UK) Jamie 1320 (US) London 2512 (Canada) |
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Writer(s) | Steve Duboff, Artie Kornfeld | |||
Producer(s) | David Nicolson | |||
Crispian St. Peters singles chronology | ||||
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"The Pied Piper" is a pop song written by the duo of Steve Duboff and Artie Kornfeld, who first recorded the song in 1965 as The Changin' Times. Their version reached #87 on the Billboard Hot 100. British pop singer Crispian St. Peters scored a major hit with the song during the summer of 1966 when his single went to #4 in the United States, #5 in the United Kingdom and #1 in Canada.
The song's title came from The Pied Piper of Hamelin.
The song was used in an advertisement for the first-generation Toyota Echo in Australia and New Zealand.